Electric heateb



F. E. KRG.

ELECTRC HEATER. APPLlc/qlon men sEPT.1 1.\91a.

'Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

lill) FRANK E. KARG, OE' YUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

ELECTRIC HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Septu 1 1919.

Application filed September 17, 1918. Serial No. 254,386.

`citizen ot the United States, residingr at Youngstown, in the countyof Mahoning and State ot (lino, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Electric Heaters, ot which the following is a speciic'ation,

This' invention relatos to heating appliances, and more particularly to .those heated by electrical resistance, that is resistance offered to the passage ot an electric current through a resistance element designed to produce heat. y

The primary ohjectof the invention is to provide an electrical heater which is in the forni ot a furnace having means for forcing air through the same and Jfor eii'ectively heating said air, said device being capable ot lining readily taken apart tor cleaning or repair.

lVith the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel 'features of construction and arrangement ot parts which will be more fully described herein. and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto. l

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ot' this application, in which like reference characters indicate the corresponding' parts throughout the several views, in whichltigure 1 is a vertical sectional view ot myimproved electrical heater or iurnace, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my improved electrical heater is shown coinprising a cylindrical drum or body 10 supported upon the floor'in a dwelling` or cellar, depending upon the size of the device and its capacity for heating;u The upper 'end of the cylindrical body portion l() is provided with a flange 1l serving for detachable connection of a truste-conical or dome like top portion 12 having' mounted in the upper end thereof, through the medium of a cross brace 13 an electric motor 14 carrying'a vtan 15, the circuit wires for the motor being designated at 16 and the t'an being designed to suck or draw air into the furnace when rotated, the quantity oit' air depending upon the speed of rotation ot the tan.

-Fitted within the furnace body is a partition or head 17, the same being ot tunnel or hopper-like forni and having a flange 18 whirh in conjunction with a flange 19 formed at the lower portion ot' the .trusteconical or dome-like top 1Q, is designed to be bolted to the flange 11, through the medium of bolts or other securing means 20. lt is of course `understood that any preferred means may be provided tor detachably supporting the head or partition ineinher 17 within the furnace body produced by the sections 10 and 12 constituting upper and lower sections of the furnace. 'it will also. be understood that this connection provides means for readily taking; the parts down or separating tl'iein, so that they may be readily cleaned or repaired, when occasion should. require.

The partition or head 17 is provided with a depending tubular `portion 21 axially located with respect thoreto and is further provided outwardly and beneath the same, supported upon the plurality of depending hangers 22, an insulating ring' carrying' a plurality of heating coils 24C and'branching outwardly from the bodyA 1() ladjacent thereto, are a plurality ot heating pipes 25, the saine extending radially and upwardly and extended to the desired rooms Aor parts to be heated, -or in a small furnace, simply to the room in which the heater is located. Thus is will he seen that when air is forced downwardly to strike the head 1i', it will be heated owing to the coils 24 but the air will further pass through the baille member or tube Q1, and then pass upwardly around the heated coils and out through the outlet pipes thus providing' a tortuous path through which the air will circulate in passinpr through the .furnace during the heating, operation, thereby insuring a constant supply ot fresh air in a heated space at all times. circuit with a suitable source of electrical energy, the circuitwircs or conductors thereot being designated QG and 2T respectively.

'From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that a clear and comprehensive understandingsr ot the construction, operation, and advantages oi my invention may be had, and while l have shown and described the device as einhrali/ing a specific structure, l desire that it be understood that such changes may he made in said structure as do not depart from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed. f

The coils 24 are connected in 

